Device for pinching and moving cars.



Patented D60. 23, I902.

H. J. KAYSER. DEVICE FOR PINGHING'AND MOVING CABS. (Application filed June 27. 1902.

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U STATES,

PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY J. KAYSER, OF DUQUESNE, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF-ONE- HALF TO GEORGE E. JESSOP, OF DUQUESNE, PENNSYLVANIA.

DEVICE FOR PINCHI NG AND MOVING CARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 716,428, dated December 23, 1902.

Application filed June 27, 1902. Serial No. 113,407. o model To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY J. KAYSER, a resident of Duquesne, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Devices for Pinching and Moving Cars; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to devices for moving cars, and has special reference to a device for insertion between the rails and the wheels of a car to pinch and move such car along such rails to the position or point desired.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple, cheap, and efiective device for pinching and moving cars along tracks, as well as one which can easily and conveniently be carried from place to place for use and operation and one which can be quickly and securely applied to the rail for the purpose intended.

My invention consists, generally stated, in the novelarrangement,constrnction,and combination ofparts, as hereinafter more specifically set forth and described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

To enable others skilled in the-art to which my invention ap pertains to construct and use the device, I will describe the same more fully, referring to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side view of my improved device, showing the same applied to the rail and in engagement with a car-wheel. Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical central section of the same. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal central section of the same with the operating-lever removed therefrom, and Fig. at is a perspective view of the pin for supporting the operating-lever.

Like symbols of reference herein indicate like parts in each of the figures of the drawings.

As illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawings, my improved device is shown at A as'engaging with the head 1) of a rail B and with the face a on the wheel C of a car, and this device consists of the central bearing-block 1, having the extensions 2 on each side thereof, which block and extensions are adapted to rest and bear upon the top face I) of the rail-head b, and the under face 2 of the block 1 and extensions 2 are preferably roughened or serrated, as at 2, in order to bite into the top face I) of the rail-head b when the device is in use. Fitting on each side of the block 1 are the side plates 3, which are held in position by means of a bolt 4, passing loosely through an opening 3' in the same and loosely through an-opening 1 in the block 1, said bolt having its head 4: bearing against the outer face 3" of one of the plates 3, while the opposite end of said bolt is threaded, as at 5, with which a nut 5 engages, and between said head and nut and the outer face 3 of the plate 3 a locking-washer 6 is preferably interposed. The lower ends 7 of the side plates 3 are adapted to bear against the sides 19 of the rail-head b when the device is in the act of pinching, and the upper ends 8 of said side plates 3 are provided with the seats 9 in the innerface 7 thereof, which seats are upwardly inclined from said inner faces, as at 10, and are adapted to receive the inclined ends 11 of a pin 12, which extends across and under said side plates 3. The pin 12 is circular in cross-section in its central portion 13, back of its inclined ends 11, so as to fit within one of the openings 14, formed within the pinching-bar 15, which bar is provided with the pinching end 16 thereon, While its opposite end is provided with the operating handle or lever 17 thereon.

The use and operation of my improved device for pinching and moving cars are as follows: When a car is to be moved along the tracks, all that is necessary is for the operator to place the device A upon the tracks adjacent to the face 0 of the wheel 0, so that the central bearing block 1 and extensions 2 thereon rest upon the top face b of the railhead b, which will allow the side plates 3 to extend down alongside of the sides I)" of the rail-head b. After the device A is in this position and in the proper place With relation to the rail B and wheel 0 for operation, as shown in Fig. 1, the operator bears down upon the handle 17 of the pinching-bar 15, which will cause the pin 12 fitting in said bar to be forced downward, and its inclined ends 11 will travel down the inclined seats 9 in the plates 3, so as to force the upper inclined ends 8 of said plates outward and the lower ends 7 inward on the bolt 4, which will cause the inner faces 7 on said lower ends 7 to be pressed against the sides I) of the rail-head Z) and the under face 2" on the block 1 and extensions 2 to be pressed against the top face I) of the rail-head b to so hold the device A in place, while the cars moved along the tracks by the pressure exerted upon the pinching-bar 15, and the end 16 of said bar engaging with the face 0 of the car-wheel 0. Upon the raising up of the bar 15 by the handle 17 the pinching end 16 thereon will come in contact with the block 1, so that, if desired, the device A can be removed from the rail B and carried to any suitable place for storage, 350., or if the car has not been moved along the tracks sufficiently the device A can be moved along the rail or carried to the desired position under the car-wheel O by the handle 17 when raised and set in place, so that the end 16 on the bar 15 can engage with the face 0 of the wheel 0 by the lowering of the handle 17 and the operations continuously repeated, as before described, until the car has been moved along the tracks to the position desired.

It will thus be seen that my improved device for pinching and moving cars is cheap and simple in its construction and operation and by its use a car canbe moved along its tracks easily and quickly without the employment of the usual great strength required in this class of work. The device will also overcome the usual lifting required in this class of work where the bar is inserted directly under the axle of the car and at the point of contact between the rail and wheel, while at the same time in the operation of pinching and moving a car the device will firmly grip the top and sides of the rail-head, so as to prevent slipping of the same and the possibly injury to the operator thereby.

Various modifications and changes in the construction and design of the various parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

WVhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A device for moving cars, consisting of a bearing-block for engaging with the top of the rail-head, side plates loosely connected to said bearing-block and provided with inclined seats at their upper ends, a pin between said plates having inclined ends thereon for engaging with said inclined seats, and an operating lever or bar adapted to engage with the car-wheel and with said pin to force in the outer ends of the side plates against the railhead during the lowering of the said lever or bar and pin.

2. A device for moving cars, consisting of a bearing-block for engaging with the top of the rail-head, side plates loosely connected to said bearing-block and provided with inclined seats at their upper ends, a pin between said plates having a circular centralportion and provided with inclined ends thereon for en gaging with said inclined seats, and an operating lever or bar adapted to engage with the car-wheel and provided with an opening therein for engaging with the circular central portion on said pin to force in the lower ends of the side plates during the lowering of said lever or bar and pin.

3. A device for moving cars, consisting of a bearing-block for engaging with the top of the rail-head, side plates fitting against said bearing-block. and provided with inclined seats at their upper ends, a bolt passing loosely through said block and plates forholding them together,locking-washers interposed between said plates and the head and nut on said bolt, and an operating lever or-bar adapted to engage with the car-wheel and having inclined faces thereon for engaging with said inclined seats to force the lower ends of the side plates against the rail-head during the lowering of the lever or bar and inclined faces thereon.

4. A device for moving cars, consisting of a bearing-block for engaging with the top of the rail-head, side plates fitting against said bearing-block and provided with inclined seats at their upper ends, a bolt passing loosely through said block and plates for holding them together,locking-washers interposed between said plates and the head and nut on said bolt, and a pin between said plates having inclined ends thereon for engaging with said inclined seats, and an operating lever or bar adapted to engage with the car-wheel and with said pin to force in the outer ends of the side plates against the rail-head during the lowering ofsaid lever or bar and pin.

5. A device for moving cars, consisting of a bearing-block for engaging with the top of the rail-head, side plates fitting against said bearingblock and provided with inclined seats at their upper ends, a bolt passing loosely through said block and plates for holding them together,locking-washers interposed between said plates and the head and nut on said bolt, a pin between said plates having a circular central portion and provided with inclined ends thereon for engaging with said inclined seats, and an operating lever or bar adapted to engage with the car-wheel and provided with an opening therein for engaging with the circular central portion on said pin to force in the lower ends of the side plates during the lowering of said lever or bar and pm.

In testimony whereof I, the said HENRY J. KAYSER, have hereunto set my hand.

HENRY J. KAYSER. Witnesses:

J. N. OooKE, L. T. MARKs. 

